The RAKER!

After making a fork jig I needed a way to rake (bend to give the fork offset) fork blades. Joe from Cobra Frames gave me some pointers and pics to help me come up with a design.

Two pieces of 1.25″ thick x 8″ wide x 1′ long poplar were used to make the die. I traced my curve on the blocks with a friking super accurate set-up!

Then deck screwed them together and cut the profile.

Then unscrewed them and belt sanded chamfers on the inner edges to create the “V”.

I made the roller in the handle out of some scrap low carbon steel and cut the stock for the side plates in no time. Laying out my hole locations in the side plates and die was quick. I then bolted the handle extension on. 50″ of leverage outta be enough to bend some little fork blades.

I also had to weld the part that stops the tube up.

Next I’ll attach the wooden die to a 6′ long 2×10 and the tool will be complete.

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I used a shit load of washers on this thing. LOL!

Now, I’ll be building myself a disc cyclocross fork because my next project will be a disc cross frame for myself.